Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan
@jgilligan.org
Integrating social & natural sciences & modeling to study impacts & responses to climate change | Behavioral approaches to climate policy | Nashville TN | They/them 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ genderqueer | Jew | My employer hates my opinions | https://jonathangilligan.org
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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan
@jgilligan.org
· Nov 26
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience - Nature Climate Change
Adaptation to climate change goes beyond the migration–non-migration divide. Families and communities combine mobility with rootedness, drawing on cultural ties, intergenerational learning, and lived ...
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I have a new paper in Nature Climate Change (co-authored with many colleagues and led by Bishwajit Mallick): "Future-making beyond (Im)mobility through tethered resilience".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here it is: youtu.be/Ylfto5YnOww?...
Man Gets Schooled By Anti-Fascism Sign
YouTube video by Nate Gowdy
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January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Here it is: youtu.be/Ylfto5YnOww?...
True, but even then, the video did not even show an impact that might have created a bruise to anything but his ego.
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
True, but even then, the video did not even show an impact that might have created a bruise to anything but his ego.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 AM
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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look, martin luther king wrote and spoke a lot on this subject: protesting "peacefully" is not the same as protesting in a way that inconveniences no one and does not confront the state
January 15, 2026 at 1:20 PM
look, martin luther king wrote and spoke a lot on this subject: protesting "peacefully" is not the same as protesting in a way that inconveniences no one and does not confront the state
MAGA strategy:
1. Convince all white parents that they, too, must have "the talk" with their daughters
2. ?
3. Win elections
1. Convince all white parents that they, too, must have "the talk" with their daughters
2. ?
3. Win elections
January 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
MAGA strategy:
1. Convince all white parents that they, too, must have "the talk" with their daughters
2. ?
3. Win elections
1. Convince all white parents that they, too, must have "the talk" with their daughters
2. ?
3. Win elections
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MAGA discovering a use case for Critical Race Theory, intersectionality and white privilege is really chef's kiss.
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
MAGA discovering a use case for Critical Race Theory, intersectionality and white privilege is really chef's kiss.
And whenever the Metro government does something good, the state usually enacts a new law saying, "Cities can't do that."
January 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
And whenever the Metro government does something good, the state usually enacts a new law saying, "Cities can't do that."
The bill isn't only about drag shows. It also applies to "printed" and "filmed" content, so it could very well apply to movie theatres, such as the Belcourt, and bookstores that sell banned books.
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The bill isn't only about drag shows. It also applies to "printed" and "filmed" content, so it could very well apply to movie theatres, such as the Belcourt, and bookstores that sell banned books.
The bill isn't just about drag shows. It also includes "printed" or "filmed" material with sexual content, so movie theatres, such as the Belcourt, and bookstores would fall under the ban.
We're going back to the days when Ulysses, Howl, and Lolita were banned.
tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/13/h...
We're going back to the days when Ulysses, Howl, and Lolita were banned.
tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/13/h...
House passes anti-drag bill as legislature convenes for 2026 • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee House of Representatives opened the 2026 session passing an bill targeting businesses that hold one drag show in a year.
tennesseelookout.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
The bill isn't just about drag shows. It also includes "printed" or "filmed" material with sexual content, so movie theatres, such as the Belcourt, and bookstores would fall under the ban.
We're going back to the days when Ulysses, Howl, and Lolita were banned.
tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/13/h...
We're going back to the days when Ulysses, Howl, and Lolita were banned.
tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/13/h...
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Every January, I say to myself: "Self. What can the Tennessee legislature do this year to be less helpful to Tennesseans?" I never have to wait long but day one might be a record.
House passes anti-drag bill as legislature convenes for 2026 • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee House of Representatives opened the 2026 session passing an bill targeting businesses that hold one drag show in a year.
tennesseelookout.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Every January, I say to myself: "Self. What can the Tennessee legislature do this year to be less helpful to Tennesseans?" I never have to wait long but day one might be a record.
MIGA = "Make ICE Go Away"
January 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
MIGA = "Make ICE Go Away"
s/Iranian/US/g
Trump appears to have made a decision to intervene in Iran in some way:
January 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
s/Iranian/US/g
A bagel with an event horizon. Cool!
January 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A bagel with an event horizon. Cool!
This is really cool. It feels important to add that, as reported in the news story, this research used a neural network tool called Pythia, specifically designed to work with peptide sequences & structures, and which is nothing like LLMs such as GPT.
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
This is really cool. It feels important to add that, as reported in the news story, this research used a neural network tool called Pythia, specifically designed to work with peptide sequences & structures, and which is nothing like LLMs such as GPT.
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In India, “it is no longer possible...to imagine a Muslim president, chief justice, or national cricket captain, positions that it would have been unremarkable for a Muslim to hold for most of India’s independent existence.” —Christopher de Bellaigue
Hype and Fraud in India | Christopher de Bellaigue
Narendra Modi is pursuing his vision of “developed India” through distorted claims of progress, stolen elections, and anti-Muslim policies.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
In India, “it is no longer possible...to imagine a Muslim president, chief justice, or national cricket captain, positions that it would have been unremarkable for a Muslim to hold for most of India’s independent existence.” —Christopher de Bellaigue
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First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. And at a salary!
Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 AM
This guy is seriously modeling his presidency on Pooh Bah from the Mikado.
And it's oh, I vow,
This deathly bow
Was a touching sight to see;
Though trunkless, yet
It couldn't forget
The deference due to me!
And it's oh, I vow,
This deathly bow
Was a touching sight to see;
Though trunkless, yet
It couldn't forget
The deference due to me!
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 13, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This guy is seriously modeling his presidency on Pooh Bah from the Mikado.
And it's oh, I vow,
This deathly bow
Was a touching sight to see;
Though trunkless, yet
It couldn't forget
The deference due to me!
And it's oh, I vow,
This deathly bow
Was a touching sight to see;
Though trunkless, yet
It couldn't forget
The deference due to me!
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
ICE, ice, baby!
> Falling on the concrete real fast
> Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas
> Falling on the concrete real fast
> Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas
January 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
ICE, ice, baby!
> Falling on the concrete real fast
> Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas
> Falling on the concrete real fast
> Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas
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First of all, good for her for calmly standing her ground and ignoring all the empty threats -- "we're gonna put you in the car and ID you!" -- until these goons give up and slink away.
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
First of all, good for her for calmly standing her ground and ignoring all the empty threats -- "we're gonna put you in the car and ID you!" -- until these goons give up and slink away.
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
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Congressional leaders are now looking to fund DHS with a continuing resolution because passing a full-year funding bill is almost impossible after the death of Renee Good
A continuing resolution keeps funding at previous year’s levels, would mean no longer increasing $$$ as previously sought
A continuing resolution keeps funding at previous year’s levels, would mean no longer increasing $$$ as previously sought
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Congressional leaders are now looking to fund DHS with a continuing resolution because passing a full-year funding bill is almost impossible after the death of Renee Good
A continuing resolution keeps funding at previous year’s levels, would mean no longer increasing $$$ as previously sought
A continuing resolution keeps funding at previous year’s levels, would mean no longer increasing $$$ as previously sought
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Even just that first paragraph hits too close to home, I'm afraid.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Even just that first paragraph hits too close to home, I'm afraid.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...